Club News

Published 6:00 am, Sunday, February 27, 2011

Plainview Lions Club

Two left turn lanes and a turnaround on one-way west service road in front of McDonald's is what we can expect when the project is finished, promised Mike Craig, district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation, as he explained road construction details at our Valentine spouses meeting at the den Wednesday.

Numerous Lions, significant others and spouses were in attendance for the festive holiday meeting. Deb Melcher was decorating chairman for the event.

Princess Kristen True earned her keep by leading the pledges of allegiance to both flags, Linda Morris gave the invocation and Travis Thornton and Jim Tirey instructed the group in singing.

Lion Boss John Bertsch announced the annual Lions silent auction would begin March 9. All Lions need to contact their participating merchants as soon as possible to assure them a spot in the event. Again, we offer residents an opportunity to make their bids on thousands of valuable items in the auction. A list of donor items will be published in the near future. We serve - Ron White

Plainview Rotary Club

Tuesday was the place to be for Rotarians as their weekly meeting was held at the Plainview Civic Center.

Chuck Starnes and Dorothy Morton led the singing, Rob Lindsay voiced the prayer and Ross Owen led the Pledge of Allegiance and Rotary 4 Way Test.

Guests present were Angelo Autetiano, Rotary Exchange Student, with Coralyn Dillard, and Eric Evans and Isaac Heinen, former Students of the Month, with Lydia Castillo. Chandra Harrell, February Student of the Month, was introduced by Lydia Castillo and given her Rotary pen from Rotary President Max Browning.

The winner of the Foundation Dollars game conducted by Rob Wilkerson for a chance to win $122 was Chuck Starnes, but he didn't draw the correct card.

The Rotary Club will host the GSE team April 23-26 and is in need more host families. The District Conference is April 29-31 in Lubbock.

A new member, Victor Amaya, was inducted into the Rotary Club by Ted Baker and Steve Long.

Rick Vanderpool presented the program on "Texas Hamburgers." He has traveled all over the state looking for the best and oldest hamburgers. Members were served hamburgers by Plainview Country Club and PCC Chef Darren McDaniel submitted his original hamburger entry, which was given a "23" out of 30 from the testers.

The club was dismissed to "Service Above Self." - Kim Street

Plainview Kiwanis Club

The city looked fantastic decked out in red, white and blue on President's Day last Monday, thanks in part to the club's flag project. Thanks to the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Elks Club and PHS Jr. Navy ROTC for their valuable assistance putting the flags out and bringing them back in. Anyone interested in getting on the rotation for seven more flag holidays this year can contact Kent Bearden at 296-5202 or 296-7626.

At Thursday's meeting at Plainview Country Club, President Karen Crim led the Pledge of Allegiance and Kent Bearden led the prayer.

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Guest present was John Sigwald with Kevin Lewis, who also introduced Stephanie Pointer, a blood recruitment representative with United Blood Services who told about the work of that non-profit agency based in Lubbock. - Kevin Lewis